Contents

Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want

Curtis R. Carlson & William W. Wilmot

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Why Listen to Us? 1

1) The Essence of Innovation: How Frank Hit a Home Run 6

2) Innovate or Die: The Exponential Economy 22

DISCIPLINE 1: IMPORTANT NEEDS

3) Work on Important Customer and Market Needs:  The RFID Tag 49

4) Creating Customer Value: Your Only Job 64

DISCIPLINE 2: VALUE CREATION

5) It’s As Simple As NABC: How Liz Got Her Big Job 85

6) Watering Holes for Creating Value: The Day the BBC Walked In 101

7) More Ideas for Faster Value Creation: Origins of Linux 114

8) Your Elevator Pitch: How HDTV Began 127

9) Your Innovation Plan: From the Ski Slope to the Firehouse

DISCIPLINE 3: INNOVATION CHAMPIONS

10) A Champion: The Mayor of Kellyville 157

DISCIPLINE 4: INNOVATION TEAMS

11) Genius of Teams: Douglas Engelbart and the Birth of the Personal Computer 169

12) Forming the Innovation Team: How We Won an Emmy for HDTV 183

13) Overcoming Blockages to Innovation: Jim Torpedoes a Splendid Idea 200

14) Innovation Motivators: Saving Larry’s Life 220

DISCIPLINE 5: ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT

15) Your Innovation Team: You Can Start Now 235

16) The Innovation Enterprise: Continuous Value Creation (CVC) Throughout 247

 

17) Innovation’s Five Disciplines: A Foundation for National Competitiveness in a World of Abundance 264

Appendix: Value Factor Analysis 293

Glossary 299

Notes 305

Acknowledgments 339

Index 343